OAK BROOK, IL — McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) this morning announced that after 35 years with the company, McDonald's U.S.A. president Jan Fields will be replaced by global chief restaurant officer Jeff Stratton.

Wendy's International has asked for a court injunction to stop a franchisee with restaurants in Montana, Oregon and Washington from using its brand. Why does Wendy's want to terminate the agreement and have the franchisee pull down its trademarks?

In January and early February, we had a lot of restaurant earnings and investor conference news, from YUM (NYSE:YUM), Darden (NYSE:DRI) Wendy’s Arby’s Group (NYSE:WEN), Brinker (NYSE:EAT) and McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD).